Basketball Recap: West Holt Takes a Loss

If West Holt was feeling good fresh off their 72-26 takedown of Neligh-Oakdale last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The West Holt Huskies were beaten by the O'Neill Eagles 50-23 on Thursday. The game marked the Huskies' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Hannah Hilker was her usual excellent self, going 7 of 15 en route to 22 points for O'Neill. Bergyn Classen also deserves some recognition as she posted her first block of the season.

Huskies

Previous 5 Games

01/30/25 @ O'Neill	23-50
01/28/25 vs Neligh-Oakdale	72-26
01/24/25 @ Elgin/Pope John	50-45
01/23/25 vs Boyd County	59-22
01/21/25 vs Plainview	57-17

The defeat snapped West Holt's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 13-5 record. As for O'Neill, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.

West Holt didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 56-25 victory against Lutheran-Northeast on the 3rd. As for O'Neill, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 55-47 loss against Pierce on the 3rd.